2016 Postmortem

Karma13612

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68. Interesting

Fri Mar 18, 2016, 10:08 PM

Mar 2016

Legally, it's a right.

Plain and simple, we have a right to vote.

Period.

If you feel that with all the machinations we have to go thru, and that some citizens of our country are disenfranchised, you might perceive our ability to vote as a privilege. It certainly 'seems' that way.

But, it is still a right, not a privilege.

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Voting, including in the Democratic Primary, is a privilege and not a right. [View all] NCTraveler Mar 2016 OP

If you're going to say something clueless, at least learn to spell "privilege." RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #1

Before I make the change, are there any other spelling errors? NCTraveler Mar 2016 #4

I'm just praying that the President doesn't nominate you for the SCOTUS. n/t RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #8

LOL! Skid Rogue Mar 2016 #59

Ahem! It's Austen RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #61

Austen!!! You're right! LMAO!!!! Hey, but I've read all her books. Does that count? :) nt. Skid Rogue Mar 2016 #62

Haha! You're excused RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #63

Lucky dog!!!! Skid Rogue Mar 2016 #64

Thanks! Although Morrie Ryskind wrote the screenplay for "Animal Crackers," ... RufusTFirefly Mar 2016 #66

When you are convicted of a crime you can lose certain rights - the right not to be confined PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #2

Voting is a right marions ghost Mar 2016 #3

Shine on, you flaming liberal! merrily Mar 2016 #7

I fully agree. That is why I think this is a worthwhile debate and one we should be having. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #10

These are State laws. Vermont and Maine let everyone vote, prisoners included, they are the two best Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #24

Thank you for that info. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #25

Yes I agree UglyGreed Mar 2016 #12

Oh yeah marions ghost Mar 2016 #19

I like his style UglyGreed Mar 2016 #20

Big heart and vision marions ghost Mar 2016 #21

This, but they hate us. scscholar Mar 2016 #26

Actually the felon should get to vote. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #49

I do not believe that people who have done their time should be denied the equal right to vote. merrily Mar 2016 #5

Then it's useless to talk about human rights. HassleCat Mar 2016 #6

Other republicon memes you might enjoy: "We're a republic, not a democracy" and Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #9

Exactly. So much is based in suppression. nt. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #13

So, by not asserting that voting is a right, and , instead, asserting it is a privilege, you empower Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #15

I think you are reading me wrong. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #27

Silly me, I was reading what you posted. Thanks for clarifying - it's not such flame bait now. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #32

I do see where I left uncertainty. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #36

Not trying to be pedantic, only helpful kristopher Mar 2016 #45

I believe anyone who has paid their debt to society... ljm2002 Mar 2016 #11

I dont think you should lose your vote if convicted..... Sivart Mar 2016 #14

No, it is a right. Hence the VOTING RIGHTS act. Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #16

Wanting felons to vote,... NCTraveler Mar 2016 #28

(self-identified) Democrat UglyGreed Mar 2016 #34

Talked like what? Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #35

Voting rights UglyGreed Mar 2016 #37

You don't understand a democrat wanting to make voting rights absolute... NCTraveler Mar 2016 #38

You are saying it is a privilege UglyGreed Mar 2016 #40

I'm saying that is conceptually the way it currently is. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #43

Voting, including in the Democratic Primary, is a privilege and not a right. UglyGreed Mar 2016 #46

I believe it to conceptually accurate whith where we are at today. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #51

Actually it is a duty. nt WhiteTara Mar 2016 #17

Your view is frightening. This is why we lose rights. In fact, your examples show the erosion Live and Learn Mar 2016 #18

I don't see the issue with wanting it to be an absolute right... NCTraveler Mar 2016 #30

Yeah, I noticed what you meant later on. I should have read a bit Live and Learn Mar 2016 #44

I do see where I went wrong. Thanks for understanding... NCTraveler Mar 2016 #48

Strongly disagree. H2O Man Mar 2016 #22

I believe that it can currently be viewed as a privilege. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #41

demokratia, or �rule by the people.�. The people. Not, some of the people. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #23

All of the people. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #33

I consider it a right astrophuss42 Mar 2016 #29

Your unconstitutional conceptual crap sounds like Trump and certainly echoes superpredator hysteria. bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #31

No, it doesn't. It is a progressive position to hold. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #39

I think the wording of your OP is confusing people kcr Mar 2016 #42

It is worded poorly. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #47

The individual states run elections. Some reinstate voting, others do not. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #50

Get a clue, would you!!! truedelphi Mar 2016 #52

Brilliant. +1 lol nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #53

Very sadly, the young college student whose example I cited truedelphi Mar 2016 #54

There are millions more. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #56

I consider it to be a right bigwillq Mar 2016 #55

I find it hard to call it a right. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #57

Rights can be abridged after conviction of a crime Recursion Mar 2016 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author Bjorn Against Mar 2016 #60

10 hours and not a single rec. PowerToThePeople Mar 2016 #65

Who are you, Clarence Thomas? democrattotheend Mar 2016 #67

Interesting Karma13612 Mar 2016 #68

I think we're mixing two different discussions here. NuclearDem Mar 2016 #69